“It was for a European competition. Only one team has managed that. It was an Italian side,” Blatter said, as translated by The Mirror. “You can see the balls that are drawn identified either by making them hot, or if they have been cooled. I was a witness.”

Blatter, who said he was not responsible for the manipulation, explained that the balls used to draw the matchups would be put in a freezer to make them easy to identify.